Notice Information
Notice Title
MH Act Code of Practice - Lived Experience Advisory Groups 2026
Notice Description
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) will enter into a contract to deliver a programme of engagement with people who have lived experience of the Mental Health Act, ensuring their perspectives meaningfully inform the drafting of the updated Code of Practice. This includes recruiting a diverse cohort of participants, co-producing engagement methods, delivering structured and ad hoc engagement activities, safeguarding participant wellbeing, and providing high-quality report that include summary of engagement, feedback and views. The service is divided into 4 different lots. Values are exclusive of VAT: Lot 1: Group 1 - General lived experience Lot 2: Group 2 - Children and young people Lot 3: Group 3 - People with a learning disability and autistic people Lot 4: Group 4 - Ethnic minority and racialised communities The value of contracts (all lots) PS299,680+ options PS80,000 total PS379,680 excluding vat. The option relates to the possibility to add additional hours of engagement if needed. Term of the contract: An initial term of twenty-one (21) months, with the option to extend for one or more further periods up to a maximum of six (6) months.
Lot Information
Group 1 - General lived experience
programme of engagement with general people who have lived experience of the Mental Health Act, ensuring their perspectives meaningfully inform the drafting of the updated Code of Practice
Options: It is not possible at this stage to predict how many additional engagement hours will be required for each Lot. DHSC has a total maximum budget of PS39,000 for additional hours across all Lots. For contractual purposes only, and to allow for the full range of potential optional spend, DHSC has assumed a notional maximum of PS20,000 per Lot for additional hours. We do not anticipate that we will use the full optional scope value in all of the Lots.
Renewal: the option to extend for one or more further periods up to a maximum of six (6) months.
Group 2 - Children and young peopleprogramme of engagement with children and young people who have lived experience of the Mental Health Act, ensuring their perspectives meaningfully inform the drafting of the updated Code of Practice
Options: It is not possible at this stage to predict how many additional engagement hours will be required for each Lot. DHSC has a total maximum budget of PS39,000 for additional hours across all Lots. For contractual purposes only, and to allow for the full range of potential optional spend, DHSC has assumed a notional maximum of PS20,000 per Lot for additional hours. We do not anticipate that we will use the full optional scope value in all of the Lots.
Renewal: the option to extend for one or more further periods up to a maximum of six (6) months.
Group 3 - People with a learning disability and autistic peopleprogramme of engagement with people with learning disability and autistic people who have lived experience of the Mental Health Act, ensuring their perspectives meaningfully inform the drafting of the updated Code of Practice
Options: It is not possible at this stage to predict how many additional engagement hours will be required for each Lot. DHSC has a total maximum budget of PS39,000 for additional hours across all Lots. For contractual purposes only, and to allow for the full range of potential optional spend, DHSC has assumed a notional maximum of PS20,000 per Lot for additional hours. We do not anticipate that we will use the full optional scope value in all of the Lots.
Renewal: the option to extend for one or more further periods up to a maximum of six (6) months.
Group 4 - Ethnic minority and racialised communitiesprogramme of engagement with ethnic minority and racialised communities who have lived experience of the Mental Health Act, ensuring their perspectives meaningfully inform the drafting of the updated Code of Practice
Options: It is not possible at this stage to predict how many additional engagement hours will be required for each Lot. DHSC has a total maximum budget of PS39,000 for additional hours across all Lots. For contractual purposes only, and to allow for the full range of potential optional spend, DHSC has assumed a notional maximum of PS20,000 per Lot for additional hours. We do not anticipate that we will use the full optional scope value in all of the Lots.
Renewal: the option to extend for one or more further periods up to a maximum of six (6) months.
Planning Information
The Department of Health and Social Care has now completed its preliminary market engagement phase and, through this notice, is publishing a consolidated document containing all supplier queries received during the PME, together with the corresponding official responses and the event presentation. In addition, and to support collaboration, DHSC is facilitating networking opportunities for suppliers who are interested in forming partnerships to deliver this service. Suppliers may submit their details via a dedicated Microsoft Form, which will remain open until 24 April 2026 7pm. The form is available via the PME Q&A document that can be found in Atamis system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome using the contract number or by clicking the following link https://forms.office.com/e/xtYgn8DSHm Details submitted via the form will be collated to support partnership‑building and, once the tender is launched (scheduled for 27 April 2026), will be shared with suppliers on request ONLY. This notice does not represent a call for competition; it is issued solely to publish the questions and answers arising from the Preliminary Market Engagement (PME), which has now concluded.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06658e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063385-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
79315000 - Social research services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £383,500 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £383,500 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £379,679 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Jul 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 Jun 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 27 Apr 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 5 Jul 20261 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 20 Jul 2026 - 20 Apr 2028 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1H 0EU
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
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- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063385-2026
6th July 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041222-2026
5th May 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035310-2026
17th April 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034633-2026
16th April 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027230-2026
25th March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026685-2026
24th March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025049-2026
19th March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020989-2026
9th March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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